This list was submitted by Destinathan Death on Friday, December 29th, 2017 at 8:35 AM PST for The 2018 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Olivia de Havilland | July 26th, 2020 | 104 |
9 | Beverly Cleary | March 25th, 2021 | 104 |
8 | Kirk Douglas | February 5th, 2020 | 103 |
7 | Pending Fame Committee Review | ||
6 | Billy Graham | February 21st, 2018 | 99 |
5 | Vera Lynn | June 18th, 2020 | 103 |
4 | Herman Wouk | May 18th, 2019 | 103 |
3 | Roberta McCain | October 12th, 2020 | 108 |
2 | I.M. Pei | May 16th, 2019 | 102 |
1 | Lawrence Ferlinghetti | February 23rd, 2021 | 101 |
6 points | 1 hit |
He invented Big League Chew. Remember that? Strands of bubble gum, that came in a pouch that made you feel like a real big time ball player chewing tobacco. Sure - they lost flavor in like 4 seconds, but that was a glorious 4 seconds. You felt yourself right up there on the mound, ready to deliver a smoking fastball right over the plate to win game 7 of the World Series. It was transformational. And Jim invented it.
Anyway, he's dead.
(d) July 10th, 2019